Stefan Stanchev
# Stefan Stanchev

Stefan Stanchev (Bulgarian: Стефан Станчев; born 26 April 1989) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Rodopa Smolyan.

## Career

### Levski Sofia

Stanchev comes directly from Levski Sofia's youth academy. After the establishment of the second team of Levski, he became a part of the new-formed PFC Levski Sofia B. During the first season of the Doubles League, Levski became a champion.

Stanchev made his official debut for Levski's senior team at 13 June 2009 in a match against Pirin Blagoevgrad. The result of the match was 1:1 with a guest draw for Levski.

On 7 January 2010, Stanchev started training with Levski again. On 20 March 2010, he was in the starting line-up for Levski and played the full 90 minutes, earning praise for his performance in the 3:0 home win against Slavia Sofia. On 27 March 2010, he played in his first Eternal Derby against CSKA Sofia, but was withdrawn in the 39th minute after sustaining an injury.

**Pirin loan**

On 2 August 2009, Stanchev was loaned out for one year to Pirin Blagoevgrad together with his team-mate Ivan Tsachev. However, after half a season, Stanchev returned to Levski. For Pirin he earned 10 appearances, playing in the A PFG.

### Botev Plovdiv

On 28 June 2012, he signed a contract with Botev Plovdiv for 1+1 years. His first appearance in an official match came on 11 August 2012, in the 3:0 home win over Slavia Sofia. Stanchev had difficulties securing a starting spot for himself. In January he was released.

### Cherno More Varna

On 5 June 2013, Stanchev signed with Cherno More Varna.

## Career Stats

As of 15 December 2018

| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Levski Sofia | 2008–09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 2009–10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 |
| Levski Sofia | 2009–10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Levski Sofia | 2010–11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Levski Sofia | 2011–12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 2012–13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 |
| Minyor Pernik | 2012–13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 |
| Cherno More | 2013–14 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 |
| Cherno More | 2014–15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 |
| Cherno More | 2015–16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Cherno More | 2016–17 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 1 |
| Cherno More | 2017–18 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 |
| Cherno More | 2018–19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 |
| Career totals | Career totals | 158 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 176 | 1 |

## Honours

### Club

**Levski Sofia**

* Bulgarian A Group: 2008–09

**Cherno More**

* Bulgarian Cup: 2014–15
* Bulgarian Supercup: 2015
